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Ctg Arms Haul

Some ex-ministers face interrogation

Star Report
Several former ministers of the previous BNP-led alliance government arc likely to face interrogation in the sensational Chittagong arms haul case, said the public prosecutor (PP) of the case yesterday.
Meanwhile, investigators of the Chittagong arms haul case were quizzing two former NSI chiefs -Maj Gen (retd) Rezzaqul Haider Chowdhury and Brig Gen (retd) Abdur Rahim--in Chittagong.
Quoting arrested former NSI director (security) Wing Commander (retd) Sahab Uddin's confessional statement, PP Kamaluddin told The Daily Star that Abdur Rahim held several meetings with representatives of the UAE-based business firm ARY group in Dubai and in Dhaka.
"How could ARY have links with the chief of the NSI when a business firm is supposed to
have business talks only with the ministry for commerce or industries," he said.
"So interrogation of these two former NSI heads can help us know about the Involvement, if any, of the then government high ups and that of foreign quarters, agencies or firms."
PP Kamaluddin Ahmed told private television ATN Bangla that nearly 80 percent of the investigation work is complete after the detained former National Security Intelligence (NSI) high-ups recorded their confessional statements.
He also said, "Involvement of an embassy was mentioned in the confessions. If the identity of the embassy is uncovered, our investigation will almost come to an end."
"It was a matter of a few thousand crores of taka. Where did the money come from? Who paid to whom?" Kamaluddin said.
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PP Kamaluddin told The Daily Star yesterday evening that the ex-NSI chiefs on remand could help interrogators find out the origin, place of shipment and destination of the deadly consignment of arms as well as from where in-financial support came from.
Our Chittagong office reports: Interrogators are now questioning the two former NS1 chiefs with focus on finding out the real culprits, identity of the smugglers, origin, destination and place of shipment of the 10-truckloads of arms and ammunition.
However, sources in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), investigating the case, said no more remarkable information could be gleaned from the two ex-NSI chiefs.
Instead of mounting pressure on them, the investigators are trying to gain trust of the accused creating a friendly atmosphere, the sources said. However, they could be placed in remand again for interroga-tion at the Taskforce Intelligence (TFI) cell if this technique fails to produce desired results.
Bifurcating into two groups, CID investigators continued quizzing the two former NSI directors general yesterday at CID Chittagong divisional headquarters. They are on three-day remand.
The teams, each with two to three members, separately interrogated the two throughout the day. CID's ASP Ismail Hossain Khan, the forth investigation officer of the case, also joined in the quizzing.
Rezzaqul Haider and Abdur Rahim were arrested at their homes in the capital Saturday following the confessional statement of NSI former director (security) Sahab Uddin.